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Motilal Nehru
1861May, 6

Motilal Nehru

Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (d. 1931)
Motilal Nehru (6 May 1861 – 6 February 1931) was an Indian lawyer, activist and politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He also served as the Congress President twice, 1919–1920 and 1928–1929. He was a patriarch of the Nehru-Gandhi family and the father of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.

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